NASCAR Cup Series Point Standings After Nashville
William Byron continues to not rack up many Playoff Points, but with a fifth-place finish in Sunday's Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway, the driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet extended his point lead in the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season championship standings.
RESULTS: Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville
Exiting Nashville, Byron now has a 48-point advantage over Kyle Larson, his Hendrick Motorsports teammate.
While Byron extended his point lead, Ryan Blaney secured his berth in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with his first win of the 2025 season. Blaney joins Byron, Larson, Christopher Bell, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, and Josh Berry as the drivers who have locked into the Playoffs with a win through the opening 14 races of the season.
Here are the updated 2025 NASCAR Cup Series point standings after the Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway, the 14th race of the 26-race NASCAR Cup Series regular-season, and 36-race season.
Rank | Car | Driver | Points | Diff | Playoff Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 24 | William Byron | 547 | -- | 11 |
2 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 499 | -48 | 23 |
3 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 459 | -88 | 16 |
4 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 443 | -104 | 13 |
5 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 442 | -105 | 0 |
6 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 429 | -118 | 0 |
7 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 417 | -130 | 8 |
8 | 22 | Joey Logano | 380 | -167 | 7 |
9 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 377 | -170 | 5 |
10 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 343 | -204 | 2 |
11 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 342 | -205 | 0 |
12 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 334 | -213 | 0 |
13 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 303 | -244 | 7 |
14 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 297 | -250 | -5 |
15 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 291 | -256 | 0 |
16 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 289 | -258 | 1 |
17 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 287 | -260 | 0 |
18 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 285 | -262 | 0 |
19 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 284 | -263 | 0 |
20 | 21 | Josh Berry | 278 | -269 | 6 |
21 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 278 | -269 | 0 |
22 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 267 | -280 | 0 |
23 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | 261 | -286 | 0 |
24 | 43 | Erik Jones | 259 | -288 | 0 |
25 | 38 | Zane Smith | 255 | -292 | 0 |
26 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 252 | -295 | 0 |
27 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 236 | -311 | 0 |
28 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | 231 | -316 | 0 |
29 | 7 | Justin Haley | 218 | -329 | 0 |
30 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 217 | -330 | 0 |
31 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 214 | -333 | 0 |
32 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 194 | -353 | 0 |
33 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen # | 173 | -374 | 0 |
34 | 41 | Cole Custer | 173 | -374 | 0 |
35 | 35 | Riley Herbst # | 173 | -374 | 0 |
36 | 51 | Cody Ware | 84 | -463 | 0 |
37 | Jimmie Johnson | 35 | -512 | 0 | |
38 | Corey LaJoie | 24 | -523 | 0 | |
39 | Katherine Legge | 7 | -540 | 0 | |
40 | Derek Kraus | 5 | -542 | 0 | |
41 | 66 | Chad Finchum * | 3 | -544 | 0 |
42 | Casey Mears | 2 | -545 | 0 | |
43 | Burt Myers | 1 | -546 | 0 | |
44 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | -546 | 0 | |
45 | Justin Allgaier (i) | 0 | -547 | 0 | |
46 | 67 | Corey Heim * (i) | 0 | -547 | 0 |
47 | BJ McLeod (i) | 0 | -547 | 0 | |
48 | Connor Zilisch (i) | 0 | -547 | 0 | |
49 | Jesse Love (i) | 0 | -547 | 0 | |
50 | Anthony Alfredo (i) | 0 | -547 | 0 | |
51 | Austin Hill (i) | 0 | -547 | 0 | |
52 | 44 | JJ Yeley * (i) | 0 | -547 | 0 |
53 | Josh Bilicki (i) | 0 | -547 | 0 | |
54 | Chandler Smith (i) | 0 | -547 | 0 | |
55 | Helio Castroneves | 0 | -547 | 0 |
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
* indicates "Open" entry
(i) indicates a driver that's ineligible to score points
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Toby Christie is the Editor-in-Chief of Racing America. He has 15 years of experience as a motorsports journalist and has been with Racing America since 2023.
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